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Enterostatin deficiency increases serum cholesterol but does not influence growth and food intake in mice.
American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Oct 2009
Miller Rita, D'Agostino Dymphna, Erlanson-Albertsson Charlotte, Lowe Mark E
Abstract excerpt
A pentapeptide released from procolipase, enterostatin, selectively attenuates dietary fat intake when administered peripherally or centrally. Enterostatin may act through the afferent vagus nerve and in the hypothalamus and amygdala, primarily in the central nucleus of the amygdala. To investigate the physiological role of endogenous enterostatin, we created an enterostatin-deficient, colipase-sufficient...
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